Bert Berghuis retires after 22 years at Teven Tintenbar School
February 23, 2010
Teven Tintenbar Public School’s longest-serving teacher, Bert Berghuis, has retired after racking up an astonishing 22 years of teaching at the school, and having taught over 1000 local students.
Bert was presented with a retirement medallion by Greg Cloak, School Education Director, North Coast Region, at the school today.
Southern Cross University welcomes 3000 new students
February 13, 2010
Around 3000 new students will get their first taste of university life with a host of orientation activities under way at Southern Cross University campuses from February 15 to March 12.
Student Affairs Officer Ann-Maree Wilkinson said orientation, which this year is themed ‘Activate’, marked the beginning of university life for new students and a big welcome back to returning students.
Keeping those back-to-school costs down
January 27, 2010
As thousands of school students return to school today, Page MP Janelle Saffin is reminding parents to keep their receipts for educational materials so they can claim the education tax refund at the end of financial year.
“In the next week or so school kids from Kindie to Year 12 will be coming home with a list of materials they will need for the school year,” Ms Saffin said.
“I know this can be a bit of a stretch for the family budget, which is why the Rudd Government introduced the Education Tax Refund (ETR).
“With the ETR, eligible families can claim 50 per cent of a range of education expenses, and can receive back up to $375 for each primary school child and $750 for each high school student.
More than $7 million for Southern Cross University research
January 21, 2010
Page MP Janelle Saffin has welcomed the announcement of grants totalling $7,132,724 to support higher education research at Southern Cross University.
The funding is part of $1.42 billion in Research Block Grants Australia-wide announced this week by Innovation Minister, Senator Kim Carr.
“The grants continue the Rudd Government’s strong support for higher education research and research training,” Ms Saffin said.
“At Southern Cross University this includes more than $3.4 million in tuition support for Phd and Masters by research students, through the Research Training Scheme.
SCU offers early acceptance to almost 1000 students
December 10, 2009
The wait is over for nearly 1000 prospective students who have received an early offer to study at Southern Cross University in 2010.
The early offers, made through UAC today (December 10) and QTAC late last week, means those students don’t need to wait until their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) is released.
Admissions manager Sarah Beresford said around 500 of the early offers made by Southern Cross University SCU were to Year 12 students as a result of a successful application through the STAR Entry Scheme, based upon their high school principal’s recommendation.
The STAR Entry Scheme is available to Year 12 students in the region from the NSW Central Coast in the south, west to the NSW/SA border, north to the Darling Downs in Queensland and including the greater Gold Coast.
